Obi — #3858 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Obi

The Social Security Administration has registered 270 babies named Obi between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Obi currently holds the #3858 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Obi performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 152 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Obi shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Obi in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Obi in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 270 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.